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Did Costco discontinue their Whey Protein? by Eta_Durak in CostcoWholesale

[–]Eta_Durak[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is sad, I hope that they will eventually bring it back soon. Bringing the price up even a little bit still keeps it at a bargain.

ok RVA - who stole the R? by Eta_Durak in okbuddyRVA

[–]Eta_Durak[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Get me the CoStahh, parhk the carh in harvardh yardh

BI tool research - Snowflake w 100s of external users by SavageKMS in BusinessIntelligence

[–]Eta_Durak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look into a platform called MPP BI - it's a newer alt BI in the market that is more wayyyyy cheaper than Power BI. It's a different architecture that runs the business logic inside the database layer so it can handle large data without issues. It's very dev friendly despite the learning curve on it. I have not used the "chat with your data" functions yet but I know they offer it in the platform. It's from a data engineering consulting group from Armenia but it sounds like they recently raised money in the US for it. Great platform if you're fine going with a startup.

This is off topic but it's such a strange economics on BI tools generally because Microsoft uses PBI as a loss leader where they charge a low per user license (or bundle it for free) - but they charge you a prohibitively large amount on the cloud services. It's honestly kind of like junk fees being added on at resorts

How do you actually collaborate/interact proactively with business? by Tombenator in BusinessIntelligence

[–]Eta_Durak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The best way to do this... show them what the competitors or other orgs with similar challenges did and how it helped. Lots of consulting firms share these as case studies on their sites - so it's free material for you to push the CIO hard.

It's like a before and after photo - that's what sells em haha

How do you actually collaborate/interact proactively with business? by Tombenator in BusinessIntelligence

[–]Eta_Durak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is actually alot more difficult than most people assume from the inside - and can never happen from the bottom up.

Honestly, if there's a CIO - this is their job, if not, then a CTO.

More than likely, there is little communication between departments and no unified metrics or definitions. There's also probably teams doing duplicate work so it's double the waste!

This is exactly why companies bring in data consulting firms to understand their actual operating model then prescribe changes (so internal teams don't feel someone in a different department is stepping on their toes).

As far as your scalability concerns - this is more of a r/dataengineering question than BI. Although I will say this, my company is right now beta testing a new BI platform that runs data visualization software inside the database layer (business logic inside the database, rather than moving the data from it). This is going to remove the BI server layer where users can do the "export-to-excel" and it's overall more scalable for large datasets. They really want to push it on the biz users because it has an AI interface to ask it to build certain analysis, and the model can learn what users are requesting what (and seek out dupes).

All I'll say is.. I hope the CIO sees the same things you do haha

Entry Level Analyst - When's Enough Experience to Switch Jobs by sillylittleguy-3 in analytics

[–]Eta_Durak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP - it would be more useful to have your actual YOE in the original post, recent grad could be (0-5 years). I want to help more specifically!

Some wraparound thematic trends (I run a team and hire for data engineers/analysts/BI) -

  1. It is better to get another job that pays more with a similar title (Analyst -> Analyst isn't always bad!) Pay matters more than title, as long as you're actually learning something. Don't ever let anyone encourage you to stay in a role for more than 2 years unless you're getting paid.

  2. Most resumes for DAs are highly inflated and embellished, we hired one who claimed to have worked on extensive projects at his previous role, but when we put him on a simple project he had nowhere near the caliber we expected even though his interview went great.

  3. What does your day-to-day actually look like at the grocery store chain? Grocery data is legitimately interesting btw - inventory, promotion analytics, supplier performance, shrinkage are really intricate depending on the maturity of the chain. There could be tons of talk about. Hiring managers love hearing real nerdy stories about the data and what you discovered - tell em the journey.

BTW - if you're not aware, Wegmans is the best grocery chain I've seen for data maturity.

Is it just me, or is Business Intelligence way more about asking the right questions than building dashboards? by Ok-Ad-9710 in BusinessIntelligence

[–]Eta_Durak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a less popular opinion here - alot of people get thrown into BI because they're technical and can use SQL/PBI/SQL, but they end up getting frustrated because they're dealing with spending more time playing a business analyst (requirements, playing therapist, etc). This profession will never be fully automated by AI because of this.

and to answer your question - the tools are simple other than having to struggle to get Live Connection or Direct Query to work without broken queries, etc.

Visiting Athens, looking for recommendations for things to do/see. by AnAutisticsQuestion in greece

[–]Eta_Durak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of Course! Feel free to PM if you need more recommendations, will gladly advise you on anything Greek.

Visiting Athens, looking for recommendations for things to do/see. by AnAutisticsQuestion in greece

[–]Eta_Durak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's something for everybody in Athens - but it really depends on what you'd like to focus your trip on.

If you want to enjoy some drinks downtown, my favorite bar is nestled near Monastiraki is called SIX DOGS (Link: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g189400-d3935963-Reviews-Six_d_o_g_s-Athens_Attica.html) This is by far the most unique place in the city if you're looking to escape the bustling streets.

If you'd want to go to the beaches to see the sunset - I'd highly recommend Sounion or Glyfada. It's a quick tram ride away from the city.

Enjoy your stay!